Glad you managed to get through this and my apologies for the late reply.
For anyone else struggling with this criteria, having copies of the workplace policies is most helpful.
Page 67+ of The Level 2 Early Year Practitioner book is aslo supportive reading.
Explain the roles and responsibilities of the Early Years Practitioner in relation to the following procedures:
- reporting/dealing with disclosure
Page 71 Reporting
If you are aware that something has happened or you have concerns about a child, your responsibility is to reportthis to your setting's designated safeguarding lead (DSL) as soon as possible. You should not tell others in your setting.
Dealing with disclosure
-- If another member of staff or a child discloses/tells you something which is of concern, you also need to report this if they have not already done so.
-- In the case of a child reporting to you, it is importantant that you tell them that you will need to pass on the informationso that they can be helped. You should not promose to keep secrets.
Who is your setting's designated safeguarding lead and what does your setting expect you to do if you have concerns about a baby or child in your setting?
- child protection and promoting the welfare of babies and young children
Page 72 Your Role around child protection and promoting welfare is to ensure that babies and young children in your care are kept safe, well and protected from harm. All Early Years Practitioners have a duty to talk to children about keeping themselves safe and healthy, which includes having positive relationships and the importance of a healthy diet and exercise, as well as e-safety and keeping safe online.
Practitioners also have a responsibility for ensuring that the indoor and outdoor environment complies with health and safety legislation.
- safeguarding and security
Page 72 In addition to knowing about and being up to date with safeguarding procedures and the designated safeguarding lead in your setting, you need to have a clear idea about how to respond to any concerns or incidents, and how to share information when necessary.
- confidentiality
Page 73 All Early year settings need to keep a certain amount of information about children, their families and the staff who work there. This means that they have a responsibility to keep this information secure, whether it is stored in filing cabinets or on school IT systems.
- information sharing
GDPR requires Early Years Practitioners to share particular information about children and babies with others. This is so that everyone working with each child should have access to information to support the child. This procedure was set up of tragic cases where information was not shared between agencies.
Do you know which of these partners your setting might be working with?
Parents and cares
Other Early Yeasrs settings
Childminder
Schools
Hospital
Police
GP
Health Visitor
Social Worker
- use of technology
As children will not yet be aware of the dangers of using technology it will be your responsibility to:
-- Talk to children about it.
-- Know how to use screening devices/settings to prevent children accessing unsuitable material via the internet.
